A Breach Prompts Israel to Bar Foreign Media From Ramallah
Date: 01 April 2002
By Serge Schmemann
Serge Schmemann
Israeli Government, irritated by protesters and foreign journalists who breached siege around Yasir Arafat's compound, warns reporters who remain in city can be stripped of their credentials or even have their offices closed down; is frustrated by foreign news coverage of military operation; declares city closed military zone and makes it illegal for foreign reporters to be there; warns news organizations it will enforce prohibitions on hiring Palestinians who do not have permits to work in Israel; order is challenged by Foreign Press Assn; Boston Globe staff member Anthony Shadid is wounded by sniper; is hospitalized in stable condition; photo (M)
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Pentagon Plays Role in Fictional Terror Drama
Date: 31 March 2002
By Katharine Q. Seelye
Katharine Seelye
CBS-TV series JAG will show episode about fictional military tribunal trial of Qaeda terrorist suspect; photos; drama will be fictional version of waht military tribunal, as proposed by Pres Bush, might look like, and was taped with help from Pentagon; scrip writer Charles D Holland, Harvard Law School also enlisted his former professor, Alan Dershowitz; Pentagon's cooperation with other programs also noted (M)
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Rumblings On Press Row Grow Louder
Date: 31 March 2002
By John Sullivan
John Sullivan
Article on degenerating relationship between officials in New Jersey Gov James McGreevey's administration and reporters along press row in State House; reporters and editors, citing disorganization rather than deliberate attempt to withhold information, complain that government officials are not responding to reporters' questions (M)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 31 March 2002
INTERNATIONAL 3-10 Arafat Remains Confined; Tel Aviv Cafe Is Bombed Israeli forces tightened their grip around Yasir Arafat, sealing the Palestinian leader into three rooms of his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian officials said. But President Bush held Mr. Arafat largely responsible for his own predicament. Palestinian officials said that Israeli troops had announced over loudspeakers that they were preparing to storm the office itself in pursuit of wanted men. 1 A suicide bomber struck at a Tel Aviv cafe at the close of the Jewish Sabbath. Initial reports said only the bomber was killed, and 30 were wounded, one of them critically. Shortly after the blast, the Al Aqsa Brigades, a terror group associated with Mr. Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility. 1
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 01 April 2002
INTERNATIONAL A2-9 Sharon Speaks of War; Ramallah Made Off Limits Calling Yasir Arafat ''the enemy of the free world,'' Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared Israel to be in a war. Mr. Sharon has made similarly bellicose statements about Mr. Arafat in the past. A1 A suicide bomber from the Islamic group Hamas killed himself, 14 others and wounded more than 40 in an attack on a restaurant frequented by Arabs and Jews in the coastal city Hafia. Two hours later, another suicide bomber exploded in a station for paramedics in a settlement south of Bethlehem, killing himself and wounding at least four medics, one of them seriously. A1
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The Nation: Good News/Bad News; Recession's Over. Trouble Still Lurks.
Date: 31 March 2002
By Richard W. Stevenson
Richard Stevenson
Recession that started year ago this month appears to have played itself out without having inflicted much serious damage to economy, and to have given way to speedy recovery; but there is concern among some economists that success in smoothing out business cycle is breeding complacency about stubborn and potentially painful imbalances that recession did little to address (M)
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Grimly, Palestinians Stay Tuned to News
Date: 31 March 2002
By Neil MacFarquhar
Neil MacFarquhar
Palestinians in Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon anxiously watch television news of violence in West Bank; photo (S)
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Bad News For Art, However You Define It
Date: 31 March 2002
By Roberta Smith
Roberta Smith
Roberta Smith reviews 2000 Whitney Biennial art show; photos (M)
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FitzGerald Acquired By Brodeur Worldwide
Date: 01 April 2002
Brodeur Worldwide in Boston, part of the Omnicom Group, is acquiring FitzGerald Communications in Boston for undisclosed terms.
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Queen Mother Mourned as Link to British Past
Date: 31 March 2002
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
News of Queen Mother Elizabeth's death at 101, while not unexpected, nevertheless shocks Britons accustomed to her enduring, cheerful presence through good times and bad; photo; royal family gathers at Windsor Castle (S)
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